jimmy carter and and the first lady, his first lady, rosalynn carter. were a true team as much as any couple who ever occupied the white house. and i assume you agree with that. how do you see their collective legacy? >> you know, and i said this earlier, it really is decency. it's also professionalizing roles within the white house. rosalynn carter is the first first lady to have an office in the east wing. she's the first first lady to have a real, um, platform. she chose mental health. she would meet with jimmy carter in the oval office once a week. she, of course, campaigned for him during the hostage crisis, when he was really kept in the rose garden in the white house. he wasn't, you know, able to freely campaign around the country. it was rosalynn who did that for him. so they were a true team. he called her an extension of himself. um, and i think one thing that we haven't talked about with president carter that i think is important to remember, and this goes to his christianity and forgiveness, which i think he deeply believed in, is his friend

>> jimmy carter? >> jimmy who?e's a baseball player, isn't he. >> jimmy carter's running for what? >> i told my bosses at nbc, you really need to pay attention to this guy. >> jimmy carter. let me get under that with you. >> you're focused on his accent but these people are serious. they mainly, you know, just dismissed it. they said, he's not from washington. >> to the party elite in washington carter was essentially invisible. a nothing. >> did you know that attitude was in georgetown? >> i knew it and i didn't feel all that much at home with the so-called democratic party elite. >> but carter related to the american voter in a way all his more established opponents did not. they offered policy changes, he offered a more basic change. >> while i'm president, i'll never tell a lie. >> i promised to tell the truth. people believed me. i think they were ready for something different. >> he fashions a campaign that is really a moral campaign in a time when the country is still recovering from the most immoral preside

. >> my name is jimmy carter, and i'm running for president. >> the nation's 39th president. y from the fields. >> my family, the carters, have lived in georgia since about 1760 to the oval office. i told you i didn't intend to lose. >> through the triumphs and what he called the worst year of his life. >> when i asked jimmy carter what he was most proud of. the first thing he said was. i always told the truth. >> how he used his station to serve. >> he didn't just want to be president, to be president. he wanted to be president, to kind of save god's earth. >> plus a love story for the ages. married to his high school sweetheart, rosalyn for 77 years. >> we've always grown deeper in our love for one another. >> insisting on leaving his hospice bed to attend her funeral and their final resting place together. >> i saw this beautiful bluebird. rosalyn said, and i knew that that was a perfect place for us to be buried side by side. >> and jimmy carter's hopes for the future, in his own words. >> that's what i think would make america a better country. >> the special edition of n

jimmy carter lost in a landslide. blished the carter center, committed to advancing human rights and promoting democracy around the world. he built houses for the poor and worked for peace in haiti and north korea and bosnia. >> the bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. >> and in 2002, at age 78, carter became only the third u.s. president to be awarded the el peace prize n. august of 2015, carter announced a troubling health diagnosis. liver surgery, where they removed 1/10 of his liver revealed melanoma that had spread to his brain. but then a little less than four months later, carter revealed at sunday school, he was cancer free, that his brain scans didn't show any signs or spots. >> they were responding to the treatment, and when i went this week, they didn't find any cancer at all. so, i have good news. >> over the years, despite various health challenges as he aged, jimmy carter continued to build houses, to play a role in national politics, and to celebrate

the family was at peace with that and jimmy carter was at peace with that, he has been willing to go 's hands for some time now, and especially after the death of rosalynn carter. but he did have all of his marbles until the end, he was physically greatly reduced but he very much wanted to be alive, to see what he hoped would be the election of kamala harris and he made that clear to a small number of visitors he was allowed to have. and i think one of the things that gives the family a sense of satisfaction is that after really decades of abuse from his political rivals, certain republicans said, just astonishingly, nasty things about jimmy carter and some democrats as well. there was a sense that carter went from being a first derided figure to a respected figure and at the end of his life, became a beloved figure and he knew this, and i think it was bringing him peace at the end of his life, he felt that he had done his very best to do what he could, not just for himself but, for people around the world. and there is so much evidence of that, so many lives he saved, this is why he

jimmy carter lost the election, but not his resolve to make a difference. and rosalynn founded the carter center, in part to promote peace, democracy, human rights, as well as economic and social development all over the world. carter monitored elections for fairness. he went to north korea and cuba and met with leaders usually shunned by the u.s., including representatives of hamas, the palestinian organization. both the u.s. and israel have branded as terrorists. >> this is a man who who has a really unique commitment to public service. it really is a calling with him. >> in autumn of 2002, carter was awarded the nobel peace prize, the culmination of an incredible career as a world leader and as a citizen. >> i'm delighted and humbled and very grateful that the nobel peace prize committee has given me this recognition. >> he still wasn't done. carter remained active into his 90s, traveling, writing books, building habitat for humanity homes, and to the discomfort of his successors, speaking out on the issues of the day, he criticized bill clinton's affair

the former president, jimmy carter, has died at the age of 100. the carter center in atlanta says the 39th president of the united states died this afternoon surrounded by family in his hometown of plains, georgia. the former president had been in home hospice care since february of 2023. jimmy carter became the oldest living president when he surpassed the record held by the late george h.w. bush back in march of 2019. carter, a georgia peanut farmer and a lifelong democrat, served a single term as president from 1977 to 1981, losing a reelection bid to ronald reagan. his presidency, defined by blows to america's economy and conflicts overseas, but also by perhaps the 20th century's most significant diplomatic achievement. we're talking about the 1978 camp david peace accords, the historic peace treaty between israel and t. jimmy cart'most enduri legacy came aer his presidency as well winning a nobel peace prize and redefining himself as a global humanitarian and human rights pioneer. here's a closer look at president carter's truly extraordinary

how will jimmy carter's legacy impact habitat for humanity? well, president carter is so indelibly connected. i think with habitat, most people think he both started and runs habitat, which turned out not to be true, but there's no question president carter getting involved with mrs. carter in 1984 is when the world found out about habitat for humanity and their engagement every year for the next 35 years really put habitat on the map, inspired millions of volunteers. they directly helped over 4000 families have new or improved homes through the carter work projects every year. >> but his example inspired millions. >> and i think the good news is that example continues, and i think so many people who've been inspired by president carter, we hope, will continue the work. >> so how important do you think it was that habitat for humanity? how important was it for jimmy carter and for rosalynn carter that matter as well? that as well? >> you know, it was so critical to habitat. president carter said often that habitat for humanity was the best way

. >> when jimmy carter ran for president in 1976, a film called jimmy who chronicles the campaign through his nomination at the democratic national convention. later that year he went on to defeat republican incumbent president gerald ford in a closed -- close general election. the film makes -- it is about 15 minutes. >> december of 1974 there was a major headline to the land to constitutions and jimmy carter is running for what? [laughter] [applause] >> i'm running for president. >> jimmy carter enter the democratic presidential race a political unknown outside of georgia hardly anyone even recognized his name but that would change. >> jimmy carter? >> i don't know who he is. >> looks to me all right. he's a democrat right? >> i heard he was a peanut farmer. >> there's nothing wrong with peanuts. >> i picture him like one of us. one of the common people. >> ladies and jomini gives me a great deal of pleasure to present to you the next president of the united states, jimmy carter. [laughter] -- [applause] >> sometimes introductions are hard to follow. i remember about five years ago when

there's only one jimmy carter. he was consistent from his governorship, through the presidency and through the long post-presidency. he is well known for his work with habitat for humanity, of course, but that was only one week out of the year. the other 51 weeks he worked with the carter presidential center to promote peace, human rights, health, democracy around the world. it should also be noted t was helping people who were mentally ill, which was expanded into any kind of. caregiving. so they not only left the legacy of the institution in atlanta. the carter presidential center, but also the rosalynn carter institute in. america, said their alma mater, georgia southwestern university. so besides what we know about him through history, the magnificent example they set for what a president and first lady should be not only president and first lady, but any decent human being should be. they left behind institutions to carry on their work. well established and financed institutions that carry on their work. one o

jimmy carter.r died earlier this afternoon in his hometown of plains, georgia at the age of 100. the first former president to live a full century. carter had been receiving hospice care since february 2023 in plains where he had lived with his wife of 77 years, rose lynn rosalynn carter. president biden spoke moments ago but the loss. >> millions of people all over the world feel as though they lost a friend as well. even though they never met him. that is because jimmy carter lived a life not measured by words but by his deeds. just look at his life, his life's work. he worked to eradicate disease not just at home but around the world. he enforced peace. advanced civil rights, human rights, promoted freedom and fair elections around the world. built housing for the homeless with his own hands. >> since the announcement of jimmy carter's death reaction has been pouring in for former presidents and lawmakers alike. vice president harris: jimmy carter's life is a testament to the power of service. a

but when jimmy carter's father died, when earl carter died in 1953, jimmy carter made a difficult but noble and honorable decision that was to go back to plains, georgia and take over the family business. the peanut business, of course, that helped launch a political career that took him to the heights. as president elect donald trump said to a very exclusive club. it's also notable that president joe biden was the first to endorse jimmy carter. one of the first. he was a 35 year old senator in 1980 when he warned him that ted kennedy was going to try to primary him. so certainly one of the reasons here on vacation in saint croix, president biden could have just issued that statement. he's on his way to give some remarks tonight. lisa. >> thank you, lucas. appreciate it. joining us now by phone is the executive editor and anchor of special report, bret baier. hi, bret. you know, jimmy carter leaves behind a complicated legacy. he's known to be a good man, as we just heard. a humanitarian loved god, loved his wife. but his presidency is marred by foreign policy and economic failures. h

jimmy carter yes, jimmy carter may be the best president america has ever had.has redefined the meaning and purpose of the modern presidency. while reagan pedals his time and talents to the highest bidder, and gerald ford perfects his putt, and richard nixon struggles to gain a toehold in history. carter, like some jazz superhero, circles the globe at 30,000ft, seeking opportunities to do good. do you agree with that assessment? >> well, i agree in the sense that when he left the white house, jimmy carter said he didn't really know what he was going to do. he did some woodworking down in plains, georgia. he definitely moved back into the same little house that he and rosalynn carter had always lived in. but he also set his sights on some global good that he could do. and it's amazing. he is the only one of his contemporary era presidents who achieved something very important. 21 years after he left the white house, he was awarded the nobel peace prize for all he had done for the world. not a bad coda for a presidential legacy. >> not bad at all. and compton, tha

that was due to jimmy carter.ed to do more of those negotiations i got overtaken by history part of talked about the iranian revolution and the hostages being taken in november of 1979. four and 44 days of americans being held hostage but hurt any presidency. but the next month in december they invaded afghanistan. in april he attempts to free the hostages were killed in the desert and iran trying to get there. he had a lot of history hitting him. the through line for jimmy carter was always to be the peace negotiator. he tried in every possible way and he tried to combine it with strength. i don't if anyone could have succeeded. ronald reagan said in 1976 after a lawton nomination to gerald fd that would not have succeeded as president of the years had thank you for beautifully showing your history and knowledge with us tonight. >> we are just getting word from the white house president biden will deliver remarks on the passing of former president jimmy carter. that is scheduled to help at the top of the hour abo

jimmy carter lost the election, but not his resolve to make a difference. he and rosalynn founded the carter center, in part to promote peace, democracy, human rights, as well as economic and social development all over the world. carter monitored elections for fairness. he went to north korea and cuba and met with leaders usually shunned by the u.s., including representatives of hamas, the palestinian organization. both the u.s. and israel have branded as terrorists. >> this is a man who who has a really unique commitment to public service. it really is a calling with him. >> in autumn of 2002, carter was awarded the nobel peace prize, the culmination of an incredible career as a world leader and as a citizen. >> i'm delighted and humbled and very grateful that the nobel peace prize committee has given me this recognition. >> he still wasn't done. carter remained active into his 90s, traveling, writing books, building habitat for humanity homes, and to the discomfort of his successors, speaking out on the issues of the day. he criticized bill clinton's affa

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jimmy carter had by far the longest post-presidency in u.s. history. it lasted 11 times as long as his single term in the white house. in that time carter became a model for what a former u.s. president could be and accomplish. joining us now is robert costa, our chief election and campaign correspondent. carter, as you know, robert, was from the rural south. he grew up under segregationist laws. it was a way of life. yet he spoke up in defense of civil rights that really helped to change the course of the south. what was it about jimmy carter? why do you think he did that? >> reporter: jericka, good to be with you. to step into plains, georgia, is to step into who jimmy carter was. someone who rose from a rural boyhood in the deep south to become someone who ran for governor in georgia and said that the time for racial discrimination is over. that, when he made the inaugural address he had in january of 1971, he cast the south in a new light. said he would break through the part, and that set the tone for what happened in 1976 when he ran for the white

i will always cherish having seen jimmy and rosalynn carter together. there is was a love of the ages. i will miss them both dearly. they will remain forever in our hearts. the entire carver family on behalf of the world, the whole nation, we send our heartfelt sympathies in gratitude. behind jimmy carter stands what it means to live a life of meaning and purpose. life of faith and humility. his life dedicated to others. he was like my dad. he said a job is about a lot more than a paycheck, it is about dignity. it is within our grasp to think that. it is not that hard. he served the nation in the navy. he led the state of georgia. he became president. and a beloved states man all over the world. even though he never stopped being a sunday school teacher at that baptist school in plains, georgia. people see a man of a bygone era with dignity and humility. but i see a man out only of our times but for all times. some of the most fundamental values. although sometimes it seems like it is. you would all do well to try to be more like jimmy carter. you have

he had slated then lieutenant jimmy carter for promotion. t in 1953 when carter was lieutenant, he thought he was destine for a career of naval services wife rosalynn didn't want him to leave and when jimmy carter's father died in 1953 jimmy carter made a difficult but noble honorable decision that was to go back to plains, georgia, to take over the family business the peanut business, of course. that helped launch a political career took him to the heights as president-elect donald trump said to a very exclusive club also notable, president joe biden was first to endorse jimmy carter one of the first he was a 35-year-old senator in 1980 and warned him that ted kennedy was going to try to primary him so certainly one of the reasons here on vacation, st. croix president biden could have issued that paper statement on his way to give parts tonight. lisa. lisa: thank you lucas appreciate it. joining us now by phone is executive anchor of "special report" bret baier. hi bret jimmy carter leaves behind a complicated legacy known to be a good man a

god bless jimmy carter. from mylan, carter made me so disillusioned with government that that i turned to the libertarian party, lasted only a year in that, it was a joke full of potheads, then i voted for reagan's second term. brittany and tennessee says jimmy carter said he personally opposed abortion yet continued to support and represent the democratic party which has enabled the deaths of over 35 million on board -- unborn humans. helping to build a few houses will not offset that atrocity to humanity. back to your calls. lester in minnesota. caller: yeah, good morning. i just deleted my phone, or my tv. it is funny how great a man is after he dies, when he was the worst president up to his time. are you there? host: i. caller: ok. like i said, he was the worst president at that time. we had all the gas lines, and he brought all the people, draft dodgers, back from canada, when we had 59,000 guys died in vietnam, 500,000 guys got wounded over there. they went there, he brings back the democrat cowards.

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so how did jimmy carter want to be remembered? is a question he answered on cnn's larry king live in 1997. >> one more call. ogden, utah. hello? >> yes, i'm president carter. i would like to tell you that the first time i voted, i voted for you. i've never regretted it. and i would like to know what your. what you want to be remembered as the legacy. >> well, the things that a lot of people remember about me is that i was not reelected for a second term. >> what's your own legacy, do you think? >> well, i kept our country at peace, you know. i never sent a soldier into battle. i never bombed anybody. i negotiated peace for other people, like in the mideast and zimbabwe. and i promoted human rights to the utmost of my ability. so my people, 100 years from now, remember me. i would like for them to connect peace and human rights to my name. >> it's an honor of being in your presence. >> thank you very much, larry. >> well, the u.s. state of georgia is mourning and honoring its famous son, and his life and achievements are being looke

president jimmy carter accepting the nobel peace prize in 2002. rter passed away sunday at the age of 100. world leaders are offering condolences to the u.s. and the carter family. french president emmanuel macron celebrated the nobel peace prize winner on social media, stating throughout his life, jimmy carter has been a steadfast advocate for the rights of the most vulnerable and has tirelessly fought for peace. france sends its heartfelt thoughts to his family and the american people. that sentiment was echoed by great britain's king charles. he writes he was a committed public servant and devoted his life to promoting peace and human rights. his dedication and humility served as an inspiration to many. meanwhile, the australian prime minister recognized carter's service, posting that his legacy is best measured in lives changed, saved and uplifted. now think of jimmy carter's greatest accomplishments and of course, the camp david accords are likely to be at the top of that list. but as will ripley explains, that's not necessarily how carter him

cbs' skyler henry looks back at the life of jimmy carter. >> reporter: jimmy carter was relatively unknownhen he entered the 1976 presidential race. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. >> reporter: but the georgia farmer and politician cultivated a following that helped him win the white house. >> let us create together a new national spirit of unity and trust. >> reporter: james earl carter jr. was born in 1924 in the small town of plains, georgia. the son of a peanut farmer attended the u.s. naval academy to study nuclear science. while in the navy, he met rosalyn smith. the two married and had four children. rosalyn was by her husband's side when he decided to enter politics. after serving two terms in the georgia state senate, he ran for governor and won. when carter joined the race for the white house, confidence in the government was low. >> well, i'm not a crook. >> reporter: americans were still angry about the watergate scandal, and carter made honesty a center of his campaign. >> i'll never tell a lie. i'll never make a misleading statement. >> reporter: in

you consider jimmy carter's greatest accomplishments. david accords are likely to top that list. but as will ripley now explains, that's not necessarily how carter himself saw things. >> a smile and a handshake between two very different men who saw a common future. u.s. president jimmy carter and china's communist leader deng xiaoping both knew the fate of the world would one day hinge on relations between the u.s. and china. it was 1979. washington established diplomatic ties with communist beijing for a president who got a deal done between egypt and israel and struck a nuclear accord with the soviet union. carter believed ending hostility with beijing was among his greatest achievements. >> what are you most proud of? >> i helped promote peace between other countries that were potentially at war. i reached out to long term adversaries like china. >> his decision came at a cost. the u.s. no longer officially recognizes taiwan. u.s. troops pulled out the island democracy of 24 million people. now facing the growing threat of a possible

president jimmy carter. the 39th president died this afternoon surrounded by his family in his hometown of plains, georgia. he'd been in home hospice care for nearly two years. former president carter became the oldest living former president when he surpassed the record held by the late george h.w. bush in march of 2019. cnn got a chance to interview the former president in 1998, after he turned 75 years old. 25 years ago. here's a clip of carter talking to larry king about getting older and about dying. >> when we age, the fear of death, there's no other way to put this. it just seems logical to fear it. it's unknown. it's dark. we ain't interviewed anyone. ever come back? do you think about it? do you think about dying? >> one of the chapters in my book is about the inevitability with which we have to face the end of our life on earth, and i tried to reassure the readers. i not only. saying almost exactly what billy graham did. the people with deep religious faith don't fear death, and i don't fear death

that is because jimmy carter lived a life measured not by words but by deeds. >> steve: former president said carter taught us what it meant to live a life of grace. bush said carter work with h habitat for humanity will inspire americans. there is a service here and a state service in georgia. president biden made january 9 a day of mourning. back to you. >> will: thank you, steve. "new york post," jimmy carter 1924-2024, 100 years old. incredibly long life lived we talked about his life, him as a person and it is hard not to talk about him as a president, the pros and cons and separate that from who he was or is as a man. donald trump posted, i just heard about the pazzing of jimmy carter. this is an exclusive club and only we can relate to it. the challenges jimmy carter faced came at a pivotal time in our lives. we owe him a debt of gratitude. melania and i think fondly of the family and urge are everyone to keep them in their hearts and prayers. >> katie: he talked about ho how it was difficult, unemployment was high and inflation 5% to 13% under his watch. reason he was a first-ter

former president jimmy carter delivered those powerful words 22 years ago as he accepted the nobel peacerize for his accomplishments after leaving the white house. you can see the flags flying at half staff, where carter held the oval office from 1977 to 1981. and while he lost reelection, the 39th president left an enduring legacy as a champion for peace and human rights. but here in the u.s. and across the globe, cnn's ryan young is in carter's hometown of plains, georgia, where he died peacefully yesterday surrounded by his adoring family. ryan, that community was so critical to the former president's life, his role in the white house and afterwards. what are people saying there on the ground? >> hey, phil, this is a tough moment. obviously here in plains. a lot of people celebrating the former president, because they really see him as a son of this entire state. and so as we've walked through this area, people have so many stories about the jimmy carter they knew. across the street at the center over there, the man said jimmy told him to stay open the day that he died, because he wan

president jimmy carter. the carter center says the 39th president was surrounded by family in plains, georgia, where he died sunday at the age of 100. he had been in home hospice care for nearly two years. jimmy carter was known for his dignity and devotion to service, dedicated his life to fighting for human rights, and brokering peace in many parts of the world. it was also a key message during his inaugural address. >> i would hope that the nations of the world might say that we had built a lasting peace based not on weapons of war, but on international policies which reflect our own most precious values. these are not just my goals, and they will not be my accomplishments, but the affirmation of our nation's continuing moral strength and our belief in an undiminished. ever expanding american dream. >> the american flag is flying at half staff at the white house at this hour, where jimmy carter served from 1977 to 1981. president joe biden says the world has lost a remarkable leader, calling him a statesm

it wasn't something that people talked about before jimmy carter. d then, of course, we know what the carter center has been all about. >> um, judy woodruff getting to work occasionally alongside you was has been one of the highlights of my career. and i love watching you on television, and i love having you on the show tonight. so thank you. i really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. great to see you. >> take care. few people know what it is, what grief is like when the person that you've lost was your dad, who also happens to have been the president of the united states. patti davis, daughter of president ronald reagan, does know what that's like. and she joins us next. >> i want to be the greatest player that i could possibly become. aliyev hank used to suffer from what felt like a cold and flu medicine hangover in the morning. >> then he switched to mucinex nightshift. mucinex is uniquely formulated to leave your system faster, so you wake up ready to go. dry mucinex nightshift and feel the difference. >> see why hand-battered is better with t

and that was jimmy carter. i mean, he was someone and it was the backlash to that that led to the moral majority and all of the movement that we saw under reagan southerners toward the gop, um, southern evangelicals for the gop. carter was someone who really kind of embraced the future culturally, just politically. he had a hard time marshaling enough of a coalition to either build broad popular support or to get his agenda through congress. >> yeah. ron brownstein, i appreciate you joining us on this night. thank you. we're going to be back with more on the legacy of jimmy carter after a short break they say things take time and effort, but it's worth the wait. >> i can tell some stories. >> i'm so excited. >> twitter brought the world together and the world was not ready to see itself. >> you read the comments? yeah, i might recommend that you don't. yeah, that's how i get by. >> we never backed away. he never stepped down. oh, that's how i get back. >> i feel at home here. lord. >> that's how i get by. >> my

rich: the carter center as i was confirmation of president jimmy carter's death. the statement along with the statement from chip carter the president sunsetting my father was a hero not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love my brother, sister and i shared with him the rest of the world to these common beliefs. the world is our family because of the way he brought people together we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs pretty also mentions there will be public observances in atlanta and washington d.c. shoot mention followed by a private interment in plains, georgia the final arrangements for carter's state funeral including all public events motorcade routes are still pending. chad, you talk about carter's national political ascendancy. he won a tight election against then sitting president gerald ford. directly in the wake of the watergate scandal. what was washington like and what brought jimmy carter to the white house? >> the problem there for gerald ford is that he was never

was that jimmy carter spent four years in washington. joe biden spent half a century. jimmy jimmy carter was the consummate outsider. joe biden is the consummate insider. and there was never a real comfort between carter and that town because he came with a promise to take on the conventional politics of that moment and to heal the country. after watergate and vietnam. and that put him in conflict with a lot of the powerbrokers in washington. he pushed ethics rules that existed for for decades, including disclosing his own income taxes. inspectors general, independent of agencies to monitor what agencies were doing. he took on some of the sweetheart kind of deals in washington and some of the projects that were wasteful, that were of particular interest to members of congress. he didn't have liquor at white house events. the, you know, the lubricant of washington commerce and politics. so in many ways, he he left washington as an outsider. and he returns to washington for this final time as an outsider, as he is by all of the of humanity,

it wasn't something that people talked about before jimmy carter. , of course, we know what the carter center has been all about. >> um, judy woodruff getting to work occasionally alongside you was has been one of the highlights of my career, and i love watching you on television, and i love having you on the show tonight. so thank you. i really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. great to see you. >> take care. few people know what it is, what grief is like when the person that you've lost was your dad, who also happens to have been the president of the united states. patti davis, daughter of president ronald reagan, does know what that's like. and she joins us next. >> the whole story with anderson cooper is a five time emmy winner for long form journalism this week. kyung lah on k-pop. the whole story with anderson cooper sunday at eight on cnn. life. >> diabetes. there's no slowing down. each day is a unique blend of people to see and things to do. that's why you choose glucerna to help manage blood sugar response. uniquely designed with carb st

god bless jimmy carter. this from mylan, carter made me so disillusioned with government that that i turned to the libertarian party, lasted only a year in that, it was a joke full of potheads, then i voted for reagan's second term. brittany and tennessee says jimmy carter said he personally opposed abortion yet continued to support and represent the democratic party which has enabled the deaths of over 35 million on board -- unborn humans. helping to build a few houses will not offset that atrocity to humanity. back to your calls. lester in minnesota. caller: yeah, good morning. i just deleted my phone, or my tv. it is funny how great a man is after he dies, when he was the worst president up to his time. are you there? host: i. caller: ok. like i said, he was the worst president at that time. we had all the gas lines, and he brought all the people, draft dodgers, back from canada, when we had 59,000 guys died in vietnam, 500,000 guys got wounded over there. they went there, he brings back the democrat cowar

in 1994, president bill clinton authorizes a team led by jimmy carter to haiti. mission, restore democracy through peaceful negotiation before multinational troops remove the ruling military regime by force. >> the paratroopers were on their way, and carter was still negotiating. when president clinton said to him and to us, get the hell out of there. >> senator sam nunn carter and general colin powell succeed. the invasion is averted. >> the peaceful solution. >> they helped to work out is another major contribution. and all their careers. >> so my grandfather has always believed, i think, in a timeless way, that the united states should be a superpower for peace, a superpower for human rights, and a superpower for spreading and strengthening democracy. >> with the former president monitoring elections in panama, nepal, lebanon and elsewhere, and right now, the carter center has programs in 60 or more countries. >> many of them are in africa, and we operate among the poorest people in the world. >> and jimmy carter's greatest post-presidency achievement, if the w

because politics is much dirtier than sort of the world view that jimmy carter spouse. and it was events in iran that led to his own popularity in the us, but he also had some major foreign policy achievements didn't. right, i mean we saw on that report, chris ever remembers the piece of course, many israel and egypt bitter enemies. jimmy carter understood that you don't make peace with your friends. you make peace with your enemies. and that's something that i feel has been quite a lot in current, conflicts around the world today where opposing sides will make demands that the other side essentially have to agree with them before they even sit down and negotiate the table. originally, carter understood, you have to guess that the seating table 1st, it was a major achievement at a point where member who's only i believe is 6 years doing my math right. i sense of the previous war between israel and egypt in 1973 work. so that was, of course, the big, salient moment, but as you say that you run a hostage crisis, a really overshadow discrepancy and most likely cost him a t

first senator to endorse him and later as a 35-year-old senator 1978 he was first to warn jimmy cartert ted kennedy was going to try to primary carter and it is notable guys to have history perhaps could have turned out differently, of course, the iranian hostage siege in the u.s. embassy and tehran plagued the carter administration for 444 days it did not end until president ronald reagan took office, and president carter had ordered a rescue operation to rescue those 52 americans in tehran. very different situation, by the way, in london when iranian embassy was ceased in 1880 weeks after that failed u.s. rescue iranian arab terrorist group ceased iranian embassy, and margaret thatcher newly elected prime minister she ordered sas in there to put into that siege after six days it was successful with boosted her iron lady credentials you have to think how history could have been different. but one thing for sure, president biden, president carter who many see both as famed one term presidents, it was the economy that failed them and president biden certainly felt a moral obligation not

jimmy carter do solemnly swear. i jimmy carter do solemnly swear. one defining moment of carter's one term in office framework. >> for in the middle east. >> affords a peace treaty between egypt and israel. but the iran hostage crisis consumed his final 14 months in office with 52 american captives finally being released only after carter's presidency ended. and ronald reagan's began carter's popularity grew as time, went on, winning the nobel peace prize in 2002 honoring his decades, long advocacy for human rights around the world. we can choose. >> to work together ph we can make these changes. >> and we must the nation's longest living former president taking a quiet approach to life post politics going home to georgia teaching sunday school surviving cancer and building homes for people in need. thing that keeps coming back get more out of it that we put into it. >> well, we have had a work project with our ocean being. you know, telling what to do. and making sure i don't get heard and make 7 now and then. >> so we take care of each other. jimm

jimmy carter lost in a landslide. 982 he established the carter center, committed to advancing human rights and promoting democracy around the world. he built houses for the poor. and worked for peace in haiti and north korea. and bosnia. >> the bond of our common humanity is stronger than the divisiveness of our fears and prejudices. >> reporter: and this 2002, at age 78, carter became only the third u.s. president to be warded the nobel peace prize. in august of 2015, carter announced the troubling health diagnosis. liver surgery where they removed a tenth of his liver revealed melanoma that had spread to his brain. then, a little less than four months later, carter revealed at sunday school he was cancer free. that his brain scans didn't show any signs or spots. >> they were responding to the treatment, and when i went this week they didn't find any cancer at all, so. i have good news. [ applause ] >> reporter: over the years, despite various health challenges as he aged, jimmy carter continued to build houses. to p

en el caso del presidente jimmy carter. os detalles, las rutas, las ubicaciones, todo eso esta por definirse. eso si, el centro carter ha pedido hoy en un comunicado a los esta estadounidenses que en lugar de enviar flores, envien donativos, donativos al centro carter para que puedan seguir apoyando a poblaciones vulnerables en decenas de paises del mundo. el legado del presidente jimmy carter. vanessa. >> muy importante. muchisimas gracias. javier vega. gracias. bueno, y ahora vamos con imagenes en vivo de la casa blanca. donde en la mansion presidencial ya se esta izando la bandera a media asta para recordar la vida de jimmy carter. tambien el empire state building esta iluminado con los colores de la bandera de estados unidos, todo en celebracion a su legado. bueno, y ahora quiero mahuad, quien fue presidente del ecuador desde 1998 hasta el ano 2000 y conocio a jimmy carter. bienvenido, expresidente. gr gracias por estar n nosotros. >> gracias a usted por su reportaje. en 1976 hablÓ de derechos humanos a nivel internacion

work that brought jimmy carter personally to some of the poorest and remote places on the planet. having human contact with the people that his carter center was working to assist, he said that that human contact he had as an ex-president with those people was far more gratifying than anything he did as president, although it was his experience as president. he said that what he learned in that job and the fame that he gained from being president, that made him able to do all the work he did after the presidency in the humanitarian space. >> our thanks to jon karl there. ahead, in this half hour, we'll take a closer look at another of jimmy carter's successes his marriage. >> this morning, a u.s. team of investigators is heading to south korea as the work to find the cause of a deadly airliner crash begins. all but two people on board the plane were killed. abc's nicole d'antonio reports. >> this morning, mourners are leaving flowers and candles at a memorial site in south korea, set up after the deadly plane crash that killed nearly everyone on board. video shows the jeju air flig

remembering jimmy carter's life and legacy from his unlikely rise to the white house and his impact on the middle east, to his work as a champion for human rights. mr. carter dying at the age of 100 in the home he shared with his wife of 77 years, and just revealed the official schedule, when the public is invited to pay respects in both georgia and washington and the national day of mourning before his final journey home. >>> also tonight, new details in the plane crash that killed nearly 180 people in south korea. one of the two survivors now awake and speaking. what he is saying to doctors and the growing questions now after landing gear issues on the second plane operated by the same airline. >>> the new blow for president-elect trump in his push to overturn his $5 million sexual abuse and defamation civil verdict. >>> the security concerns in the final countdown to 2025. inside the nypd's final preparations to protect times square. >>> the new fbi alert to sports leagues after yet another superstar's home is burglarized. >>> and the president and the pulpit. jimmy carter in his ow

but in early 1976, most americans had never heard of jimmy carter. >> jimmy who? 't know who he is. >> reporter: if you are understood why georgia's governor was running for president. >> there is a new movie in america. >> reporter: candidate carter made a virtue of his washington inexperience. he was a peanut farmer from tiny plains, georgia. carter's campaign came down to one simple promise. >> i will never tell a lie. >> reporter: after the lies of watergate, it worked. carter defeated republican incumbent general ford that november. >> let us learn together, and laughed together. and work together. >> reporter: but more troubles than triumph marked his presidency. double-digit inflation, long gas lines coast to coast, and most memorably, iran held 52 americans as hostages for more than a year. >> and that's the way it is. monday january 19th, 1981, the 443rd day of captivity for the american hostages in iran. >> reporter: president carter had tear cohen's notable achievements. he negotiated the panama canal treaties, keeping it open to american ships and troop

that's jimmy carter's kind of christianity, right? he he certainly preached. he literally taught sunday school, but he lived his religious values so wonderfully and not in a judgmental way. his grandson, jason carter, told me this once, that that president gave him a signed photograph that sadat had given him, anwar sadat, the egyptian leader. and he said to him, jason, we're christians. one of the finest men i ever knew was a faithful muslim. we should never hate anybody for their religion. i loved this man, and he was in a completely different religion than us. and that's that's the kind of, i think, faith that animated what jimmy carter did, as well as what he said. >> the teaching sunday school. it's so normal, julian, and i've heard multiple stories today from folks that i've talked to about jimmy and rosalynn carter themselves, getting their guests a glass of water or making them a peanut butter banana sandwich. in the case of jimmy carter. revolutionary, i know, but actually it kind of is for a president or a former president. and he really removed some

i jimmy carter do solemnly swear. i jimmy carter do solemnly swear. one defining moment of carter's one term in office framework. >> for in the middle east. >> affords a peace treaty between egypt and israel, but the iran hostage crisis consumed his final 14 months in office with 52 american captives finally being released only after carter's presidency ended. and ronald reagan's began carter's popularity grew as time, went on, winning the nobel peace prize in 2002 honoring his decades, long advocacy for human rights around the world. we can choose. >> to work together for peace. we can make these changes. >> and we must the nation's longest living former president taking a quiet approach to life post politics going home to georgia teaching sunday school surviving cancer and building homes for people in need. thing that keeps coming back get more out of it that we put into it. >> well, we have had a work project with our ocean being. you know, telling what to do. and making sure i don't get heard and make 7 now and then. >> so we take care of each othe

jimmy carter lost the election, but not his resolve to make a difference. he and rosalynn founded the carter center, in part to promote peace, democracy, human rights, as well as economic and social development all over the world. carter monitored elections for fairness. he went to north korea and cuba and met with leaders usually shunned by the u.s., including representatives of hamas, the palestinian organization. both the u.s. and israel have branded as terrorists. >> this is a man who who has a really unique commitment to public service. >> it really is a calling with him. >> in autumn of 2002, carter was awarded the nobel peace prize, the culmination of an incredible career as a world leader and as a citizen. >> i'm delighted and humbled and very grateful that the nobel peace prize committee has given me this recognition. >> he still wasn't done. carter remained active into his 90s, traveling, writing books, building habitat for humanity homes, and to the discomfort of his successors, speaking out on the issues of the day, he criticized bill clinton's a